The move will clear the way for the city to use the building as a full-service neighborhood library for the Mason Square neighborhood.

The Urban League told city solicitor Edward M. Pikula in a recent letter that it will relocate to the Springfield Technical Community College Technology Park at State and Federal streets. That will be a temporary location as the agency continues to seek a permanent site, according to the letter.

The city took ownership of the Urban League building at 765 State St. by eminent domain in September, and then directed the organization to vacate by June 1. In May, the Urban League said it planned to move by the end of July and then extended the time to move out to the end of September or sooner.

Both Pikula and Mayor Domenic J. Sarno said this week the new timetable keeps plans intact for reopening the branch library by late fall.

“It’s still on track,” Sarno said on Wednesday. “We are on course to check it out for repairs and rehab, whatever needs to be done to get the fully functioning Mason Square library up and running by this fall.”

Many neighborhood residents have urged the city to restore the full-service library at the Urban League site since 2003 when the Urban League bought the library from the Springfield Library and Museums Association. Some residents have been critical of the time it has taken for the Urban League to vacate.

City officials have said they are working with the Urban League and are following eminent domain and relocation guidelines.

The Urban League stated that its search for a permanent location include a vacant Indian Motocycle apartment building on State Street under future redevelopment plans. The city recently chose American International College as the “preferred developer” for that building and the adjacent, long-vacant Mason Square fire station.

There are ongoing discussions between the Urban League and American International, league president Henry M. Thomas III said in a letter to the city. Thomas did not return calls from The Republican for further comment.

The city and Urban League have not yet been able to reach agreement on how much the organization should pay the city as a monthly fee for “use and occupancy” of the building since directed to vacate June 1, Pikula said.

Thomas has asked for a waiver of the fee, based in part on its willingness to continue to pay for costs related to limited library services offered to city residents since it took ownership since 2003.

Pikula, in a letter to the Urban League dated July 7, said the request to pay no occupancy fee is unacceptable. Instead, Pikula suggested a $2,000 monthly fee, retroactive to June 1.